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  • Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion stand by the sign marking the entrance of their Vietnam headquarters. (Courtesy of Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis.)
    ‘Greater Love Hath No Man:’ Marines in Congress request Camp Reasoner sign be sent from Vietnam to the US

    “If you were a reconnaissance Marine and you served in Vietnam, at one time or another you set foot in Camp Reasoner."

    Philip Athey
    October 5, 2020
  • Sailors inspect damage to the U.S. Navy destroyer Frank E. Evans after it was cut in half in a collision with the light aircraft carrier Melbourne of the Royal Australian Navy in the South China Sea, 650 miles southwest of Manila, June 3, 1969. (AP)
    Senators seek SECDEF support to add names of ‘Lost 74’ to Vietnam Memorial Wall

    A bipartisan group of senators has submitted a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to once again push to add the names of the “Lost 74” — the sailors killed aboard the Evans — to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

    Dylan Gresik
    February 24, 2020
  • The Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and Crewmember Monument was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. (Dustin Diaz/Staff)
    Fallen Vietnam pilots, crew members honored with monument at Arlington National Cemetery

    The monument honors the nearly 5,000 pilots, crew members killed in Vietnam.

    Charlsy Panzino
    April 20, 2018
  • Medal of Honor recipient Wesley Fox, left, a retired Marine Corps colonel, is escorted by Maj. Andrew Nicholson, commanding officer of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Twin Cities during the Twin Cities Medal of Honor Ceremony at the U.S. Bank Stadium, Oct. 5, 2016. (Cpl. Martin Egnash/Marine Corps)
    Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient to be buried at Arlington

    Retired Marine Col. Wesley Fox will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon.

    Shawn Snow
    April 17, 2018
  • American flag and POW/MIA Flag fly high. (Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston/Air Force)
    Vietnamese refugee creates monument for veterans

    Nearly three years ago, Thy Cavagnaro set off on a mission: find every Vietnam War veteran in Barnegat and thank him for his service.

    Steph Solis, The Asbury Park [N.J.] Press via AP
    March 31, 2018
  • More than 100 military exchange locations will provide Vietnam Veteran lapel pins as part of National Vietnam Veterans Day on March 29. (Stephen Baack/Army)
    Some commissaries, exchanges to honor Vietnam veterans with lapel pins on Thursday

    The pins are available to all who served on active duty during the Vietnam War period, regardless of duty or location.

    Kevin Lilley and Karen Jowers
    March 26, 2018
  • Members of the Navajo Nation, a commemorative partner with the Vietnam War Commemoration, present Vietnam Veteran lapel pins to veterans during a March 8 event in Arizona. (Charlita Walker-Moses, Vietnam War Commemoration)
    Commentary: For Vietnam veterans, a ‘thank you’ long overdue

    The head of the Vietnam War Commemoration office on its work to honor veterans on March 29 ... and throughout the coming years.

    Army Maj. Gen. Jim Jackson (ret.)
    March 25, 2018
  • Family members of those whose names appear on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are among those eligible for a new recognition program commemorating the Vietnam War's 50th anniversary. (Staff/file)
    Vietnam commission’s Certificate of Honor program pays tribute to POWs, spouses and families

    The certificates are available through the same Defense Department-backed group that offers lapel pins to Vietnam War-period veterans.

    Military Times staff
    March 23, 2018
  • Retired Sgt. Maj. John Canley's actions during the battle of Hue City, Vietnam, in 1968 have him one step away from receiving the nation’s highest award for combat valor, the Medal of Honor. (Courtesy of the office of Julia Brownley)
    The Marine gunny who kept his men alive at Hue City

    Retired Marine John Canley’s actions during the battle of Hue City in Vietnam in 1968 has him one step away from receiving a Medal of Honor.

    Shawn Snow
    January 30, 2018
  • U.S. soldiers on M113 armored vehicles take part during the Warrior Strike VIII exercise at the Rodriguez Range on Sept. 19, 2017, in Pocheon, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
    The armored workhorse of the US Army, the M113 has been on the move since Vietnam

    The aluminum-hulled M113, intended to be amphibious and air transportable, was considerably lighter than its predecessor, the M59.

    Carl O. Schuster
    January 16, 2018
  • A Navy seaman fires twin machine guns of a PBR (Patrol Boat River) into the free-fire zone on the shoreline along the Mekong Delta southwest of Saigon, February 1969. Navy boats would often fire into the area in case Viet Cong troops were concealed in the canals of the Delta. (AP Photo)
    This admiral's brown water strategy blasted the Viet Cong out of the Mekong Delta waters

    Vice Adm. Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt realized he had to inject new vigor into waterborne operations and devise a more effective strategy to abandon search-and-destroy tactics.

    David Sears
    December 14, 2017
  • On North Vietnam's P-4 torpedo boats, the 14.5 mm guns' tracers went nearly 1,400 meters (1,540 yards), a distance that gave the USS Maddox time to escape in 1964 when crews launched the torpedoes from too far away. (Gregory Proch)
    How North Vietnam's P-4s missed the mark

    Modifications to the aluminum-hulled vessels improved the P-4’s air defense but had a downside.

    Carl O. Schuster
    December 13, 2017
  • The M19 was favored by the Marines — even though 10 pounds heavier, shorter-ranged and less accurate than the M2 — because it had sights and a manual trigger that enabled the crew to aim it at a specific target for “direct fire.” (Gregory Proch)
    The Army rejected it, but Marines in Vietnam relied on the M19 60mm mortar

    The M19 was favored by the Marines — even though 10 pounds heavier and less accurate than the M2.

    Carl O. Schuster
    November 22, 2017
  • Veterans visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington on Veterans Day in 2014. (Mike Morones/Gannett Government Media)
    14 Veterans Day parades and ceremonies from around the country

    Find one near you!

    Puja Murgai
    November 10, 2017
  • President Richard Nixon (left) and the top commander in Vietnam, Gen. Creighton Abrams Jr., shown here in May 1969 didn't see eye-to-eye on the Vietnam War. (AP Photo)
    This general challenged the president and saved American lives

    Gen. Creighton Abrams Jr. challenged President Richard Nixon, a move for which men on the ground would forever be grateful.

    Brig. Gen. John D. Howard (ret.)
    November 2, 2017
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